When Sid Meier's Pirates! came out in 1987, it immediately became a classic, it was the game of the year. The game had such a success that they did a powerful sequel in the early 90's called Pirates Gold buy unfortunately, it had performance issues with graphics, etc and had lots of bugs. Now Imagine, a dedicated community of fans of the game waiting 10 years for a sequel of this masterpiece, and when it comes out, it looks like preteen game. The game is addictive and truly follows the spirit and nature of the original Pirates!, however, the cartoonish approach of the game obliterates any serious attempt to deliver a true pirate strategy adventure game. If you expect a serious pirate game, you should not play this game because you will find the exact opposite because of its cartoonish and childish approach.
When I began playing 'Pirates!' I was captivated by the colourful graphics and allround atmosphere of the game. But slowly, as the hours past by, I realized there wasn't nearly enough to do and that the game was extremel... Read Full Review
Sid Meier's Pirates! is one of the few games that caught the essence of its predecessor and mixed with new technological features to create a magnificent game, both on gameplay and graphics, and why to do not mention, th... Read Full Review
